Even if you do not have or plan on using a sensory tub/table you can still use all of the components of this pack in a 'regular' center!

This pack makes a perfect companion to the popular children's book:

But you don't need to read it to use all the components of the pack!

The pack will cover A to Z and 1-10, as well as story retelling!

Take a peek at some of what you can do....

To get started I printed the cookies on scrapbook paper. I had 12x12 paper already so I used that (cut it to 8.5x11) but you can purchase 'letter size' scrapbook paper in craft stores!

I printed and laminated them...

And here are the backs!

So now when you use them for a 'Memory'-style game no one can peek through!

And it also helps make your sensory table look more colorful and vibrant if you decide to use them in a tub/table!

Next is to decide what do use them for first!

Maybe you want to practice letter writing....

Put the letters in the tub (or lay them out on the table is going w/o a tub) [I also added some mice & blank cookies in there to make it more fun!] and have students reach in a pull one out. They can write the capital letter they see...

or write its lowercase 'companion!'

They can also find the letter and its matching cookie (initial sound) or a 'story element' picture that starts with the letters!

They can even match what they find to the 'recording sheets!'

And the recording sheets can be used to match letter to letter or picture to letter!

Maybe you want to use it for math...

Fill the tub (or table) with the number cookies and some mice and cookies!

Have them pick a number and then count out that many mice...

or cookies!

They can match number cookies to 'number of objects' cookies!

They can even use the recording sheet to match number to number or number of objects to number!

You can even use it later on in the year for building CVC and/or sight words!

The pack also has story element cards that you can use for identifying objects in the story and/or retelling!

Fill the tub with all the things the mouse asks for!

They even stand up nicely in rice, beans and/or pasts!

There are recording sheets to use. Students can find objects 'hiding' in the tub and then mark them off on their recording sheet

or match them to the sheet

You can even fill your tub/bin/table with 'real' story elements you find around your home/classroom!

If using it for re-telling, use the strips provided in the pack. You can just cut them apart as seen here, or you can glue the strips to oaktag, laminate and put velcro on the backs for a re-useable retelling board!

Now with all this cookie fun, it is time to make something 'SCENT-sational!'

So we whipped up some cookie playdoh!

I found 2 recipes...

The first one comes from No Twiddle Twaddle and is called a 'skin therapy' playdough recipe because it uses oats, coconut oil and no salt! You can find the recipe by clicking the hyperlink!

We mixed all the dry ingredients and then added the wet ingredients until we got this sticky mix!